Monday, October 11, 2010

I have this thing for birds. Not any kind of birds, just cute little birds like the ones that hop around my garden.

In light of this it's not surprising that I fell head over heals in love with this little bird at a recent craft fair. There were lots of them perched in all different positions just waiting for someone to take them home. I was even more excited to see patterns for sale because I had a strong feeling that I could not just stop at sewing one of these little guys.

That afternoon Miss 10 and myself sat down and stitched our very own little red breasted bird. He was so much fun to sew. Quick and easy too! He was finished within a few short hours.

He now takes pride of place on top of one of my button jars.

Although he does look a bit lonely, I think I need to sew a few more birds to keep him company. Recently while looking at some new books at Amazon I was delighted to discover this:

PS Many people have written to me wanting to know where to get their own pattern for the little bird I made.
I have included a link for you here
The pattern I used was from The Paper Shed.
Here is the website for you:

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